A foldout from Knuth's "The Art of Computer Programming, Sorting and Searching." This is a diagram of the different ways to merge reel-to-reel computer tapes. You know, the kinds of tapes you see spinning around in spy movies from the 60's. Knuth has stated that tape merging will be omitted from future editions of TAOCP. |
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